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Ex-Director of Wynn Resorts Ltd. to return to Las Vegas for questioning

October 19, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Hong Kong, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Philippines, Nevada

Kazuo Okada formerly held the director position at the top gambling company, Wynn Resorts Ltd., before he was fired from his position, reportedly by Steve Wynn himself. Okada was removed from the board of the c...

Nevada legal opinion of DraftKings released Friday

Sadonna Price

October 18, 2015

Gaming Law & Legislation, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online gambling regulation, Nevada

Soon after the decision was made to consider daily fantasy sports gambling, with the Nevada Gaming Control Board calling for an immediate shut down of the activity until licensing was approved, the State Attorn...

Reports: DOJ orders FBI to investigate DraftKings, FanDuel

Lars Jones

October 16, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, U.S.A., Las Vegas, Illegal Bookmaking, Unlicensed Operation, Fantasy Sports, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey

The daily fantasy sports (DFS) industry is under siege from all quarters. Wednesday the Wall Street Journal, quoting anonymous sources, reported that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI are investigati...

Nevada Gaming Control Board rules daily fantasy sports must be licensed

Sadonna Price

October 16, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Las Vegas, Casino News, Unlicensed Operation, Sports betting, Fantasy Sports, Nevada

On Thursday, the Nevada Gaming Control Board ( NGCB) decided to rule that daily fantasy sports will require a license if companies are going to operate in the state. The board ruled the activity a form of gambl...

Clinton joins 500 ‘happy’ workers at Trump Hotel protest in Vegas

Alex Lanter

October 14, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., Las Vegas, World Casino News, Labor Relations, Nevada

Hillary Clinton, who is running for president of the Unites States, stopped at a union rally right in front of Donald Trump’s hotel on the Las Vegas Strip to mock him on the day of the first Democratic presiden...

US Rep. for Vegas Strip wants Congress to look at daily fantasy sports legality

Lars Jones

October 12, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, U.S.A., Las Vegas, Online gambling regulation, Sports betting, Fantasy Sports, Nevada

US Representative Dina Titus of Nevada wants a congressional hearing to explore the legalities of daily fantasy sports (DFS). In a letter to the chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Thursda...

Bail set in million dollar Bellagio craps scam

Sadonna Price

October 7, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino Cheating, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Nevada

Over a time frame of two years, four men were able to take down over $1 million from the craps tables at the Bellagio Casino, defeating major odds of 452 billion to one. According to Zachary Levine, a statistic...

Nazarian sells entire stake in SLS Las Vegas

K Morrison

October 7, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, North America Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Licenses, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Nevada

Entrepreneur and founder, chairman and CEO of SBE Entertainment Group, Sam Nazarian is selling his minority stake in the money-losing SLS Las Vegas Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. The company is also...

Vegas casinos petitioning to buy their electricity wholesale

D. Graham

October 5, 2015

Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, North America Casino News, Economy/Finance, Nevada

It all started November 2014 when the Las Vegas data storage company, Switch, petitioned the Nevada Public Utilities Commission their intention to leave NV Energy, owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway....

Stratosphere Casino hosts 200,000th jumper at SkyJump Las Vegas

Sadonna Price

October 5, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Nevada

Since 2010, the Stratosphere Hotel, Casino & Tower has hosted the SkyJump Las Vegas attraction. Visitors brave enough would take the controlled 855 foot drop from the top of the Stratosphere Tower. A specia...

Bankruptcy date a subject of contention for Caesars and creditors

K Morrison

October 4, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, World Casino News, Bankruptcy, Illinois, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Nevada

A hold on $468 million hinges on the outcome of a court date on Monday when Caesars Entertainment Corporation’s casino business creditors ask a judge to consider a January 12th bankruptcy date valid rather than...

U.S. casinos want a piece of the fast-growing fantasy sports pie

K Morrison

October 1, 2015

Casino News, NFL, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Las Vegas, MLB, World Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Conferences / Trade Shows, Sports betting, Online Gambling News, Fantasy Sports, Licensing, Nevada, New Jersey

This year’s Global Gaming Expo (G2E), the industry’s biggest trade show that began last week in Las Vegas is all abuzz with talk of fantasy sports, the business that’s gowning exponentially, but whose action re...

Dealers stole $1.5 million at Bellagio craps tables

Lars Jones

October 1, 2015

Casino News, Las Vegas, Casino Cheating, Nevada

Two Bellagio craps dealers along with their accomplices have been indicting in Las Vegas on multiple counts of theft and cheating at gambling, according to Chief Deputy District Attorney J. P. Raman, the Las Ve...

Casino innovation lacking says new chief executive officer of Caesars Entertainment

Sadonna Price

October 1, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Nevada

Mark Frissora is the latest member of the Caesars Entertainment Corp. team, earning the position as the company’s CEO. After taking on the position, Frissora attended the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada...

Second consecutive month for 4 million passenger count at McCarran

K Morrison

September 28, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Nevada

In August and for the second straight month, McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada had 4 million passengers fly in and out of the terminal as the Clark County Department of Aviation reported fligh...

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Ex-Director of Wynn Resorts Ltd. to return to Las Vegas for questioning

Nevada legal opinion of DraftKings released Friday

Reports: DOJ orders FBI to investigate DraftKings, FanDuel

Nevada Gaming Control Board rules daily fantasy sports must be licensed

Clinton joins 500 ‘happy’ workers at Trump Hotel protest in Vegas

US Rep. for Vegas Strip wants Congress to look at daily fantasy sports legality

Bail set in million dollar Bellagio craps scam

Nazarian sells entire stake in SLS Las Vegas

Vegas casinos petitioning to buy their electricity wholesale

Stratosphere Casino hosts 200,000th jumper at SkyJump Las Vegas

Bankruptcy date a subject of contention for Caesars and creditors

U.S. casinos want a piece of the fast-growing fantasy sports pie

Dealers stole $1.5 million at Bellagio craps tables

Casino innovation lacking says new chief executive officer of Caesars Entertainment

Second consecutive month for 4 million passenger count at McCarran

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